Quotes from Napoleon Hill

If a man preach the Golden Rule as a sound rule of conduct his words will fall upon deaf ears if he does not practice that which he preaches. The most effective sermon that any man can preach on the soundness of the Golden Rule is that which he preaches, by suggestion, when he applies this rule in his relationships with his fellow men.

Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

It is essential for you to encourage the positive emotions as dominating forces of your mind, and discourage—and eliminate negative emotions.

If your thoughts and your actions and your words harmonize, you are bound to influence those with whom you come in contact, more or less toward your way of thinking.

If you want riches, you must refuse to accept any circumstance that leads toward poverty.

The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.

The Koran, the revealed word of God, was the closest thing to a miracle in Mohammed's life. He had not been a poet; he had no gift of words. Yet the verses of the Koran, as he received them and recited them to the faithful, were better than any verses which the professional poets of the tribes could produce. This, to the Arabs, was a miracle. To them the gift of words was the greatest gift, the poet was all-powerful.

every sense impression that you receive through any of the five senses, influences your thoughts.

One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire was that it was definite.

A real student will not merely read this book, he will absorb its contents and make them his own.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining the state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.

RICHES begin in the form of THOUGHT!